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People and new homes in Alentejo Central

In 2025 the population fell by 89 while 126 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
126
Population change, 2025
−89

Population change and homes finished in Alentejo Central

The population's yearly change, net migration plus births minus deaths, against homes finished. INE.

Population change

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YearPopulation change
2025-89
20241,021
20232,591
20222,406
20212,315

Homes finished

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YearHomes finished
2025126
2024182
2023179
2022147
2021180

Year by year

YearNet migrationBirths minus deathsPopulation changeHomes finished
2021+3,707−1,392+2,315180
2022+3,786−1,380+2,406147
2023+3,703−1,112+2,591179
2024+2,225−1,204+1,021182
2025+1,112−1,201−89126

Population change is INE's net migration plus births minus deaths, by municipality since 2021. Homes finished are dwellings completed in new buildings. A home houses a household, not a person: two or three new residents per new home is roughly one home per new household.

Other reports for Alentejo Central

Bank valuations have an 80% chance of landing between €1,731/m² and €2,040/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
€1,886/m²
Chance of a rise
97%

At the bank valuation, a 90 m² home costs €149,490. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €567 a month. Banco de Portugal caps it at 50% of a household's net income.

Payment, two incomes
22%
Payment, one income
44%

Owning a 90 m² home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the median sale price. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
€565
Owning per month
€395

3.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
199
Per 1,000 residents
1.2

Figures for Alentejo: Alentejo Central has no reliable figures of its own.

Over the last 12 months, buyers domiciled abroad paid 24.9% more per m² than buyers living in Portugal.

Abroad against residents
+24.9%

Bank valuations have fallen by 3% or more 6 times since 2011. The deepest began in April 2011.

Deepest fall
−25.9%
Recovery from the low
45 months

In 2025, 37% of the buildings finished were work on existing buildings: extensions, alterations and reconstructions.

Work on existing buildings, 2025
37%
Reconstructions per 100 new buildings
2.0

Public bodies signed €2.9M of housing works here in 2025, and €7M since 2012.

Signed in 2025
€2.9M
Per resident, 2025
€18

Data: INE, ECB and others · updated October 27, 2026

Asking prices and bank valuations are not sale prices. This is a description of public data, not financial advice.

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